a-wlw-reads:Hey tumblr so I need your help! My school always had one of those “Read Across America”
a-wlw-reads:Hey tumblr so I need your help! My school always had one of those “Read Across America” maps with young adult novels or romances or whatever (evidently, I’m American) but I’ve never seen anything comparable for wlw. I’ve tried to rely on my memory and on other people’s recs but I’m only (exactly) halfway through. Any suggestions to fill in these missing states? I’ve tried to avoid stories that take place across multiple locations. Or offer more options for the ones I already have, the more the merrier.Alabama : Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlagAlaska : Before I Let Go by Marieke NijkampArizona : The Bean Trees by Barbara KingsolverArkansas :California : Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour, Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman, Frog Music by Emma Donoghue, The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr, Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler, The Butch and the Beautiful by Kris Ripper, As La Vista Turns by Kris Ripper, Far From Home by Lorelie Brown, Take Me Home by Lorelie Brown, Valencia by Michelle Tea, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de RossiColorado : Marionette by T.B. Markinson, Sleight of Hand by Mark Henwick, Snow Falls by Gerri HillConnecticut : Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg, Patience & Sarah by Isabel MillerDelaware :Florida : Breathing Underwater by Lu Vickers, Roller Girl by Vanessa NorthGeorgia : Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Blue Place by Nicola Griffith, Taking Flight by Siera MaleyHawaii : Razor Wire by Lauren GallagherIdaho : Ship It by Britta Lundin, Her Hometown Girl by Lorelie BrownIllinois : Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair, How Sweet It Is by Melissa Brayden, What Matters Most by Georgia Beers, The Long Way Home by Rachel Spangler, Close to Home by Rachel SpanglerIndiana : Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom by Emily Franklin and Brendan HalpinIowa : A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, Moo by Jane SmileyKansas : Far From Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters, Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country SingerKentucky : Run by Kody KeplingerLouisiana : Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen, Rusty Logic by Robin AlexanderMaine : Style by Chelsea CameronMaryland : Every Day by David LevithanMassachusetts : Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea, Map of Ireland by Stephanie Grant, Heart of Brass by Morven MoellerMichigan : The Liberators of Willow Run by Marianne K. Martin, Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn BigelowMinnesota : Sister Mischief by Laura Goode, My Year Zero by Rachel Gold, Bend by Nancy HedinMississippi : Ramona Blue by Julie MurphyMissouri : Deliver Us from Evie by M.E. Kerr, Heart of the Game by Rachel SpanglerMontana : The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth, Innocent Hearts by Radclyffe, Storms by Gerri HillNebraska : Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz, Over You by Amy ReedNevada : Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee, Desert of the Heart by Jane RuleNew Hampshire : New Jersey : The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazNew Mexico : Beauty of the Broken by Tawni Waters, So Far From God by Ana Castillo, The Last of the Menu Girls by Denise Chávez, Like Water by Rebecca PodosNew York : Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova, Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde, Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown, We Are Okay by Nina LaCour, Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, Thaw by Elyse Springer, Heat Wave by Elyse Springer, Inferno (A Poet’s Novel) by Eileen Mills, The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey, Drag King Dreams by Leslie FeinbergNorth Carolina : The Ada Decades by Paula MartinacNorth Dakota : Prairie Silence: A Memoir by Melanie HoffertOhio : Fat Angie by E.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Taking the Long Way by Lily R. Mason, The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka, Eat Your Heart Out by Dayna Ingram, Juniper Lane by Kady MorrisonOklahoma : Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Tumbleweed Fever by L.J. MaasOregon : Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-WatersPennsylvania : Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae BrownRhode Island : The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Homecoming by Nell StarkSouth Carolina : Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonSouth Dakota :Tennessee : Secret City by Julia Watts,If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo, South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf, Choices by SkyyTexas : Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory by Emma Pérez, Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey, The Unraveling of Mercy Louis by Keija Parssinen, Gulf Breeze by Gerri Hill, Gulf Dreams by Emma Pérez, Lay Down the Law by Carsen Taite, Far From the World We Know by Harper BlissUtah : Saving Alex by Alex CooperVermont :Virginia : As I Descended by Robin Talley, Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley, Jericho by Ann McManWashington : The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George, Dreadnought by April Daniels, About A Girl by Sarah McCarry, Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear, Stuck Landing by Lauren GallagherWashington, D.C : Madam President by Blayne Cooper and T. NovanWest Virginia : The Winter Triangle by Nikki WoolfolkWisconsin :Wyoming : -- source link